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Search on for man considered 'armed, dangerous' after shots fired at Toccoa hotel, deputies say
TOCCOA, Ga. — Police are searching for a man they say is considered armed and dangerous after shots were fired at a Toccoa, Georgia, hotel. (Video above: Morning headlines from WYFF News 4) Toccoa Police Department said officers were called to the Regency Inn on Tuesday regarding shots being...
Evers Home could be nominated for World Heritage List
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that she has authorized the National Park Service (NPS) to prepare a potential nomination for 11 U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Virginia and Washington, DC to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The site in Mississippi […]
Georgia Signing Up Veterans to Serve as Poll Workers
ATLANTA — Georgia voters will be getting help from veterans on Election Day this year, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday. Raffensperger’s office will partner with Vet the Vote, a new nationwide organization that recruits veterans and members of their families to serve as volunteer poll workers. More than 135,000 veterans across the nation will be serving as poll workers this year, Dan Valone, director of Vet the Vote,...
Police: Murder suspect leads authorities on I-95 chase into Coastal Georgia before crashing
KINGSLAND, Ga. — Above video: Your Tuesday headlines. Police in Georgia say a murder suspect is dead following a police chase on Interstate 95. The Kingsland Police Department said Tuesday that a pursuit on I-95 led to the driver eventually crashing, then fatally shooting himself. The suspect, identified as...
Bottom Line: Former BLM director signs up to lobby for wetlands defense
Environment Cassidy and Associates registered to lobby on issues related to the Okefenokee Swamp for the Southern Environmental Law Center. The swamp spans 438,000 acres across the Florida-Georgia border, and a majority of it is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness, but the Southern Environmental Law Center is pushing back…
Ga. salvage company is making its first Titanic voyage in 14 years
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic is undertaking its first expedition to the ship’s wreckage in years. Those involved in the mission said they have both heavy hearts and lofty goals for a trip happening a year after a submersible disaster involving another firm killed five people.
TPD Labels Fugitive From July 16 Shooting In Toccoa as ‘Armed And Dangerous”
ALERT: Fugitive From This Afternoon’s Shooting Near Regency Inn On W. Currahee Labeled ‘Armed and Dangerous’ By Toccoa Police Department CID. Citizens Asked To Help Identify Suspect. According to a post to the CID Social Media page, regarding the shots fired incident at Regency Inn reported on...
Athens, GA Officials Considering Changes to Trash Collection that Might End Options to Self-Haul
An Athens-Clarke County Commission committee is considering whether to recommend changes to trash collection in the area outside the old Athens city limits as an upcoming action item for the full commission. Those changes could see some residents in the county’s General Service District, formerly unincorporated Clarke County, lose their currently preferred private trash hauler. Additionally, the proposed changes could mean the end of self-hauling by residents who take their own household trash to the Athens-Clarke County landfill.
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